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STEAM | September II 2014 - Ride the Lightning
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People praise RPS because they have courage ask questions that actually matter from publishers and developers.
It's still under $30 at nuuvem.
this Dex game looks great, never heard of it
also whats up with Tera, is it actually finally suposed to be out on steam or what? no Play button but its showing both in new releases and in the revolving window for me
also whats up with Tera, is it actually finally suposed to be out on steam or what? no Play button but its showing both in new releases and in the revolving window for me
I'm 30 and both Avatar and Korra are in my top 10 favorite shows
They are kid-friendly but possibly my favorite fictional world and tons of good characters and dialogue. Not every episode is a gem but yea
corrosivefrost
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Or, y'know, you could just... NOT PICK UP THE CASH DROPS. OMG, The temptation... I found a bag of money somewhere that was a DLC bonus item... I don't want to pick it up... but I can't help myself.
It should be.
Do you like kung fu?
Do you like the idea of kung fu styles based around using elements (earth, wind, fire, air)?
Do you want to whup some ass with stylish combat in the vein of other Platinum action titles like Bayonetta and MGR:R?
Then I think you should have fun for $15.
I always wanted to get into Avatar (and didn't even know Korra was a thing until recently) but never got sucked in enough to just sit down and watch it all. And yet, the parts I did see? Ridiculously cool and it makes sense for this type of game to be put out. With platinum doing the development work, it should be fun for anyone, unless for some reason you just hate the art style or general premise.
Most of the DLC was cosemetic. I wouldn't call that game breaking.
I think you meant one of the best. Keller was hilarious and badass. He actually had charm and soul.
Nope.
I didn't like Heller. He's just generic angry that all this shit happened to him guy #1923 and his visual design wasn't to my liking either.
However, I will say that the last boss fight? That was almost worth playing the entire game as Heller. :lol
Nope. DLC isn't worth it. Everyone hates it. Nobody recommends it. Stay away.
RPS, much like GB, is something I just don't get.
Reigns was a multiplayer game and Mad World was on the Wii. If we nix those and look at the rest of their output, they have a pretty much flawless track record, even if the games don't sell millions and millions. This game *SHOULD* be good.
No, but you'd probably enjoy the game more if you were a fan.
Or, maybe you like the stuff in the game so much you decide to go check out the show(s).
Welcome to the land of region locking.
Hopefully you've learned the important lesson: if you're interested, buy it while it's not locked.
Cashgrab? I doubt it.
And calling it a "children's show"? Wow.
Based on the impressions Maximillian posted, it sounds like it's using the MGR:R engine to some extent.
I don't think they took the paycheck and just phoned it in.
But if it is a cashgrab for a licensed IP of a "children's show", I can't wait for the other games from Platinum down the line. Something with Barney or the Teletubbies or even Dora the Explorer will be so awesome it'll make our eyes bleed.
Who are we to question the hivemind?
Answer:
A couple of old farts who can see the real world for what it really is.
Well, I don't exactly praise RPS like they are the second coming, and I do agree that this is a big mistake on their part, but I do like that website and the reason for that is their writing being pretty good most of the time. Now I don't read their stuff on a regular basis, but I recently stumbled upon this and thought it was well-written, creative and entertaining. This is what I want from the gaming press these days, really (outside of plain news reporting): someone's personal accounts conveyed by way of brilliant (ideally) writing, with entertainment (and not informing) set as primary purpose. To answer your question, I think that RPS more or less succeeds in doing that and that's why I like it.
That said, fact checking is still a must and a correction is probably in order.
Germans don't like Hong Kong?
derExperte
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Or, y'know, you could just... NOT PICK UP THE CASH DROPS. OMG, The temptation... I found a bag of money somewhere that was a DLC bonus item... I don't want to pick it up... but I can't help myself.
I don't think you could avoid all the bonus stuff, XP was just added no matter what and some money too. These days DLC can be deactivated though and the game was supereasy anyway.
Stallion Free
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Fallout New Vegas review part 2 basically. RPS stayin' a joke.
Not allowed to witness the atrocities of Wei Shen, more like.
Tera was on Steam initially but was later yanked when it went F2P in early 2013. There are no new subs for the game so I'm guessing its sudden appearance is some sort of mistake.
Yep.
Zero-Crescent
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I bit for $0.99. Mostly for The Sun At Night; I watched the Giant Bomb Quick Look a while back, and while it looked like it had some issues, it still seems like an interesting enough idea (Cyber-dog fighting world-dominating Soviet forces). Even if the other 8 games turn out to be hot garbage, I'll still be satisfied at that price.
Snakethesniper
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So Korra has a store page now.
Finally! Wishlisted! And the minimum requirements are really low.
Is it region-locked?
No, but this could change before the sub is put up for purchase.
Reminds me of the original Flashback, particularly the part where you had to find a job and wander around this underground city (almost) without enemy encounters. It was really neat and I wished there had been an RPG in the same vein, someone probably had the same thought.
1. you've played this game apparently? and it's up there with bayo and revengeance.. OK
2. Nickelodeon isn't a children's programming station?
3. u mad, bruh
edit: I'm sure they put in as much time, effort and production into this $15 download only title that they did to full disc releases like Bayo and MGR... LOL ok
I think the discoverability update just doesn't do a good job of filtering out games that aren't available. I had it recommend The Stomping Land to me for instance.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
It's a licensed game.
"But the dev is great"
Yes, but genius doesn't magically make a great game. They need time, budget, and support to do that. It's a licensed game. Look at a company like WayForward which makes both very bad licensed games and pretty decent original games. It's not because they magically forget how to make a game when they're handed a license, it's because they work under constraint. Licensed games aren't bad because they're made by failures, they're bad because they don't get the resources they need.
Maybe it'll turn out good, maybe not, but I can't think of a riskier bet than a day-one purchase of a downloadable licensed game published by Activision.
The Stomping Land is available apparently not
"But the dev is great"
Yes, but genius doesn't magically make a great game. They need time, budget, and support to do that. It's a licensed game. Look at a company like WayForward which makes both very bad licensed games and pretty decent original games. It's not because they magically forget how to make a game when they're handed a license, it's because they work under constraint. Licensed games aren't bad because they're made by failures, they're bad because they don't get the resources they need.
Maybe it'll turn out good, maybe not, but I can't think of a riskier bet than a day-one purchase of a downloadable licensed game published by Activision.
eh havent bought a bundle in a while so I might get something out of this. bought.
PetriP-TNT
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Goddamn, Wasteland 2 is pretty amazing. If only it didn't run like shit on my current rig. I can hold 30fps most of the time but every now and then there's some deep dips.
To be fair, that isn't communicated very well, so the confusion is understandable. The game even tells you they've been "killed."
Blak_Status
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Yeah, but that wouldn't explain why it showed up in the Popular New Releases tab as it isn't recommendation-based.
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well ... knowing them - they might just pull it from the store a week after the release
well ... knowing them - they might just pull it from the store a week after the release
January is still a few months away so waiting until the Winter Sale starts is safe.
freshVeggie
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;(
I am used to getting shafted all the time... censoring up the wazoo... regional high prices... no swastikas...
But SD looks real fun. Too bad it seems I won't be getting it.
jaundicejuice
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The Season Pass, which contains the 4 major expansions, the Mechromancer and Bandit classes are all worth buying if you're digging Borderlands 2. The cosmetics and challenge packs (just fighting waves of enemies) aren't really worth buying unless they're on sale.
I'd suggest just trying the base game first though before buying anything. And then i'd wait for a sale to get the worthwhile DC on the cheap during a sale. There's more than enough content in the base game to keep you busy for a while. I put about 300 hours into Borderlands before the first DLC, Captain Scarlet, came out. Had a character in every class and had played through True Vault Hunter Mode with most.
Ipsoclipso
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So I have been wondering, there are games that are banned in my country and I can't access them on Steam, my question is if I bought banned games keys can I use those keys on Steam?
btw; those games are Watch_Dogs and GTA games.
btw; those games are Watch_Dogs and GTA games.
Ah, I missed the part about new releases. Whether it was available or not, it shouldn't qualify as a new release.
FiveElementNinja
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Or, y'know, you could just... NOT PICK UP THE CASH DROPS. OMG, The temptation... I found a bag of money somewhere that was a DLC bonus item... I don't want to pick it up... but I can't help myself.
My question was more if the definitive edition lets you disable any DLC you don't want or if all the DLC is integrated into the game proper and the DLC tab doesn't even show any DLC. Because if it does list out all the DLC, then it seems like you're just buying another copy of the initial game.
C00kie M0nster
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This is the complete list to get everything but skin related content:
- Borderlands 2 GOTY
- Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2
- Headhunter 1: Bloody Harvest
- Headhunter 2: Wattle Gobbler
- Headhunter 3: Mercenary Day
- Headhunter 4: Wedding Day Massacre
- Headhunter 5: Son of Crawmerax
- Borderlands 2
- Season Pass
- The Mechromaner Character Pack
- The Psycho Character Pack
- The Creature Slaughterdome
- Collector’s Edition Pack
- Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2
- Headhunter 1: Bloody Harvest
- Headhunter 2: Wattle Gobbler
- Headhunter 3: Mercenary Day
- Headhunter 4: Wedding Day Massacre
- Headhunter 5: Son of Crawmerax
UnrealEck
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GMG are giving free copies of Xcom Enemy Unknown away for voting in a best games survey.
Nabs
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I'm not sure X-Com is worth dealing with this site.
corrosivefrost
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I get that.
I was just using it to make fun of the people who needed some of the DLC packs disabled or whatever instead of just, y'know, not choosing to pick up the assets. It makes me laugh because I left them enabled, the game is still fun, and I've only found like 1-2 of the 20 or so money drops and I still have nothing to spend it on.
The bonus XP was kind of good, for me at least, because it helped me get a few options opened up in combat so that I have more variety sooner... I think it ended up being like 1 extra ability or something... I still remember thinking "I need to get more XP and fast, because there's more abilities I need to have now and I only have enough for one of them.".
well I guess the sun at night was kinda underwhelming
You take that back. Real dogs were sent to space and died for your 1,000th game. >_<
Freedom = $1.05
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you can literally vote for one thing and then submit your votes. It doesn't get much easier than that to get my personal GOTY for 2012.
freshVeggie
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BL2 GOTY does not have all DLC? Huh. I should have checked before buying, hah.
I wishlisted it like, almost 2 months ago, and tried to drum up some interest!
I will get it... when it ever goes on sale (sorry devs, money's tight)
It like, breaks the gritty HK movie realism, man!
C00kie M0nster
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Yeah it sucks. It's just another $6.65 to get all the other DLCs while on sale but lame they haven't come out with a new bundle for it.
Granted the sheer amount of content for those 6 extra DLCs is pretty mind blowing... especially at the sale price.
People should jump on it. I really liked the game.
I realised today that the retail copy of Crasher I bought over a month ago never arrived (it was sent via expedited delivery and had an estimated arrival date of about three weeks ago). I've contacted the seller (eBay told me that I need to open a dispute by the 9th), so we'll see what happens.
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